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Things That Happened: “Nerd” is a four letter word


So it was the last day of fall semester. I was walking back down from the radio station, having just turned in my final project for the semester (I swear there’s a point here). As I’m walking down, a school bus drives by. This is a perfectly normal occurrence, seeing as our campus is essentially the entire town. As the bus goes by, a little middle school aged girl sticks her head out of the bus window and screams, “NERD!” I looked around. I was the only person around. I looked after the bus and said, “Thanks?” before laughing and continuing the walk back down. But this got me to thinking.

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An Unexpected Journey: The Hobbit Review


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To say that The Hobbit was the most anticipated film of the year would be an understatement. To say it was the most anticipated film of the decade would be a little more accurate. Ever since Peter Jackson escorted us out of The Shire and on the road to Mordor, many fans of the films and of the Tolkein stories alike were begging for the day The Hobbit would be announced. Continue reading

So it’s Finals Week…


Sorry for the lack of content this week, folks. We went through Hell Week and now Finals Week. But we have a special podcast going up this Friday, so stay tuned!

–Ley

Things that Happened: The Legend of Zelda edition.


Okay, so I had to go on a media blackout for three days this week for a class project. No phone, no television, no internet. Couldn’t even read on my Kindle. Yeah, it was…bad, to say the least. But one of the stipulations of the project was that we had to have a ful thirty minute face-to-face conversation with someone. So what do I do? Plop down with my friends and co-writers and we discuss nerdy things, as we do in the mountains of North Carolina.

Our topic of the day was related to Wreck-It Ralph and Disney’s recent purchase of Lucasfilms (which will more than likely be covered in depth in a later article). We started talking about what could be super awesome if Disney decided to go ahead and purchase Nintendo and Sega and a few other video game companies. First thought was: Oh my God, a Pixar Pokémon movie! Second thought was: Oh my God, a Pixar Legend of Zelda movie!

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